Hundreds attended a vigil for Dan McKane, his sister Christine and their aunt Julia McSorley who were killed in a crash as they travelled home from a funeral.
The relatives, from the Strabane and Newtownstewart areas, had been travelling home after attending a funeral inThe vigil took place at Our Lady’s Grotto in Strabane, with hundreds of people coming out to remember the victims and show support to the McKane and McSorley families.
Friends and relatives of those killed were in attendance as mourners filled the Grotto, while more gathered on the surrounding streets.The vigil took place at Our Lady’s Grotto in Strabane The victims from Strabane were named locally as Dan McKane, Christine McKane and their aunt Julia McSorley ‘Your presence here this evening is deeply appreciated,’ he said.
‘We’re all at a loss of what to say, how to respond, but we respond in the deepest way possible – we gather together as a community of faith.’‘We’re standing in silent solidarity this evening with the McKane family, that they may not be overwhelmed by their loss,’ he said.A police cordon on the A5 outside Aughnacloy, Co Tyrone A mass was also held in Aughnacloy in memory of the victims.
The incident has prompted calls from politicians and community figures for the A5 road, where the incident occurred, to be upgraded and made safer.
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